Professor in the biology of aging and Alzheimer neurodegeneration > Joboolo BE :
Société : KU Leuven Lieu : Leuven Flanders Site source : Talent BE
The goal of the research team is to gain new insights and possible therapeutic approaches for the treatment of brain deterioration.This position comes with full salary and core funding (internationally competitive package) that is renewable for multiple additional 5-year periods, and access to state-of-the-art research and top-notch support core facilities, as well as support to attract talented PhD students and postdocs from across the world.
About the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease ResearchThe center currently hosts 14 research groups, addressing a broad set of questions in central and peripheral nervous system development and function, neuronal and neurodegenerative disease.
Approaches range from protein biochemistry, single cell analysis, genetics, computational biology, neuronal cell biology, to neural circuit function and plasticity, while models include fly, zebrafish, mouse, hamster and human stem cell systems.
Our Center hosts some of the most influential scientific voices in the fields of neuronal development and neurodegeneration, internationally recognized for their outstanding work (e.g.
the 2018 Brain Prize, EMBO memberships, and multiple highly competitive European Research Council grants).
About the department of Neurosciences – KU LeuvenThe Department of Neurosciences at the Group of Biomedical Sciences strives for excellence in research and training in neurosciences both in normal and pathological conditions and from the molecular to the systems level.
We perform impactful research in basic and clinical neurosciences and in translating novel insights and technological innovations towards improved clinical care and prevention.
The department has 9 research sections broadly collaborating with researchers at the university hospitals and VIB.
The Leuven Life Sciences eco-systemLeuven and the surrounding area of Northern Belgium (Flanders) represent one of the top research destinations in Europe.
The VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research is part of the VIB Life Sciences institute (with colleagues in AI, cancer, biotechnology, immunology, microbiology, computational biology amongst others) and an extensive set of core facilities.
The VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and the department of Neurosciences are embedded within the University of Leuven, the largest university in Belgium and Europe’s most innovative university.
All group leaders of the deparment are affiliated with the Leuven Brain Institute, bringing together ~100 research groups of neuroscientists from diverse fields as engineering, molecular and systems neuroscience, to the clinics.
KU Leuven is also home to the Leuven AI Institute, the stem cell institute and the Leuven University Hospital, one of the largest in Europe.
Leuven is also home to the NeuroElectronics Research Flanders (NERF) and Imec (a leading microelectronics institute).
Selection is done by both the advisory committee of the Biomedical Sciences Group, KU Leuven and the Center for Brain & Disease Research.
Thus, the successful candidate must be ranked favourably by both the advisory committee and Center for Brain & Disease Research.Parttime (min.
50%) employment at KU Leuven, with possibility of expanding to full-time (100%) employment based on approval and budgetary considerationsSubstantial core research funding from VIB that is renewable every 5 yearsAn attractive employment package including your salary and excellent health benefits Access to excellent and staffed core facilities at the Center for Brain & Disease Research, at VIB and at KU LeuvenAn internationally recognized, vibrant and very collaborative research environmentA PI mentoring programBroad administrative support, including help recruiting technicians, PhD and post-doc scientists for your groupProfessional leadership training New open-design state-of-the-art research spaceA workplace that values diversity, promotes an inclusive environment and subscribed to the ALBA declarationKU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching,..
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Proficiency in English is required. The official language used at KU Leuven is Dutch.
If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings.
Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch, respectively English, to the required standard. KU Leuven LeuvenFlanders
